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題 名 | Fieldwork and Economic Law-Violators: The Case of the Fraud Master=信用卡犯罪者--一個田野研究案例 |
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作 者 | Jackson,Jerome E.; | 書刊名 | 警政學報 |
卷 期 | 25 1994.07[民83.07] |
頁 次 | 頁275-292 |
分類號 | 548.546 |
關鍵詞 | 犯罪者; 信用卡; |
語 文 | 英文(English) |
英文摘要 | Americans use cerdit cards 20Million times a day. Merchants, banks, and credit card companies suffered losses totaling more than $1.9 Billion as the result of abuse and fraud in 1990, 1991, and again in 1992. The prognosis for reduction in losses during 1993 apperars dismal. Criminal abuse of credit cards is on the increase. Utilization of these instruments of purchase in an unlawful manner continues at alarming and undocumented rates. Such increase of abuse is particularly evident among individuals and gangs utilizing these instruments as the basis or their livelihood. This paper describes and examines the procedures used to study a gang of unconvicted check and credit card fraud artists. Acting in the capacity of investigative-observer and utilizing field research techniques, the author sought to explore the world of the fraud artist. The study of this select gang of economic offenders, whom the author has intuitively named fraud masters, offered an opportunity to better describe and explain the behavior, attitudes and environments produced in particular social situations. A major result of the investigation was the realization that fraud masters, as a unique and successful category of economic offenders, can be observed and interviewed in their natural setting. In addition to documenting behavior patterns and identifying special environments, the investigator was also able to determine the process of co-opting and recruiting new members. |
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